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H7409Hebrew

רֶכֶשׁ

Definition and meaning

rekesh (reh'-kesh) n-m. 1. a relay of animals on a post-route (as stabled up for that purpose) 2. (by implication) a swift horse or animal [from H7408] KJV: dromedary, mule, swift beast. Root(s): H7408

Tagged KJV passages

4 matching verses - 4.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

1 Kings 4:28

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

Matched English: dromedariesEsther 8:10

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

Matched English: mulesEsther 8:14

So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

Matched English: mulesMicah 1:13

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

Matched English: beast